Cover Art

 



Below are some of the thumbnail sketches I've done deciding on what I want my poster to look like. When designing my poster I thought about what kind of message am I sending with my Animatic? Who are the characters? and what I can do to create some tension and intrigue, that when someone sees this poster they're gonna be interested and engaged. 

When looking at a lot of posters and cover art for comics, video games and movies just feature the character in an action pose or particularly with comics the character might be doing something within a scene or the artwork might be heavily stylized in comparison to the actual art within the comic. 




Within my designs I wanted to showcase what the story is and what its about and the character so within these thumbnail sketches I choose to to further develop and add some color to and refine a bit more.

The first one was just a basic cover of the character sitting a very traditional cover for a cover/poster. Within the poster it showcases the main character Eva after being defeated in a fight she clings to her worn sword and holds her beaten face in her other hand. I liked this one however I need to develop it more and the other one I have developed showcases both characters and I think would make the audience more engaged. 


I really like this art as I think it showcases the relationship between Eva and her master, the message and a key aspect of the story. Eva lazy rests against a tree holding her sword, her master can be seen behind her glaring at her with a sword clenched in her hand, light shining through the trees. I think this poster captures my story alot more than that of the previous one as within the poster there is alot of tension the viewer doesn't know that Eva and the character in the distance and are on friendly terms, and may assume that Eva is in danger, and accompanied by the logline I think it really fits.

One thing I might do is make the trees a bit longer so the title doesn't cover the characters and instead the foliage.



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